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Eliot opines, Paterson shakes up team
Interesting juxtaposition: Eliot Spitzer is writing a column for Slate, while David Paterson is shaking up his team of campaign consultants.
Gov. David A. Paterson is said to be considering shaking up his political team by downsizing the role of the Global Strategy Group, which has been a one-stop Democratic political consulting and polling shop for the last two Democratic governors.
I've done work for a subsidiary of Global in the past, so I'm not entirely unbiased here. That said, what David Paterson needs aren't new consultants. What he needs is a higher level of leadership, partisan and generally. For example, can anyone imagine Eliot Spitzer putting up with the Diaz/Kruger rebellion?
David Paterson is a wonderful, funny and smart human being. I've never heard anyone offer an unkind assessment of his character and person, which, in this state, is remarkable in itself. But sometimes, that's just not enough. There are times when the whip needs to be cracked, and now is one of those times.
My problem with Paterson is Paterson's problem with me
Although I will expand upon this in posts over the next few days, Gov. Paterson bid to balance the budget on the backs of NYS's lower income and working people has been a significant disappointment to me. When asked why he does not advocate rolling back the Pataki (Bush inspired) tax cuts on the rich, he replied (without any factual foundation whatever) that he thought wealthier folk would flee if asked to pay a fair share.
I take this right-leaning stance by Mr. Paterson as a decision not to dance with who brung him. People who do that don't get a second date from me. He's a smart, funny guy who seems to perceive a career as a Pataki clone. Fool me once shame on you.